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HIRAM S. LEONARD, OF ATTIGA, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPLE PARER$ AND CORERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. E34,07, dated December17,4872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM S. LEONARD, of Attica, in the county of Senecaand in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Apple Parin g and Goring Machines; and do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters ofreference marked thereon making apart of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a machine for paring and coring apples, as will be hereinafter morefully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled-in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 is v a side elevation, of mymachine.

A represents the bed-plate or frame which supports all the working partsof my machine. From this bed-plate rise two standards, B B,

r supporting at their upper ends a cross-bar or narrow platform, 0.Through the center of this platform passes a short shaft, carrying atits upper end the fork D, and provided at its lower end, immediatelybelow the platform, with a pinion to gear with a cog-wheel, E, upon ashaft, G, for driving the fork. The cross piece or platform 0 serves asa cap to keepthe parings from falling in the wheel, and also as a sillupon which the apple rests firmly until it is cored. The inner end ofthe shaft Gis suspended in a hanger from the platform 0, and the shaftis further supported in two standards, B B, rising from the bed-plate A.On the outer end of the shaft G is a crank, H, for turning the same, andon the shaft is secured a cogged segment, I, which is made to gear witha cogged segment, I, upon a shaft, G, which passes through the upperends of the standards B above and parallel with the shaft G. Upon theinner end of the shaft G is a forked head, J, in which is pivoted anarm, K, which carries the paringknife a at its outer end, and on thepivot of the arm K is a spring, I), for holding the knife against theapple. Around the shaft G is another spring, d, to throw the knife backagain after it has been turned by the'segments I I. These segments throwthe knife far enough around to pare the apple, and then, by means of thespring (I, the knife is thrown back out of the way till the apple iscored.

The gear-wheels are of such relative size that more motion is given tothe apple and paring on every revolution of the crank. The knife a is soconstructed that it throws the paring away from the machine and into aspout or separator, L. On each side of the fork D, upon the platform 0,is a perpendicular post, M, upon which is placed a slide,

4 N, carrying the corer 0. These posts serve as guides to carry thecorer directly on the ap ple while the same is on the fork. Under theslide N, andon each post M, is placed a spiral spring, f, to draw orforce the corer out of the way of the parings as soon as it has coredthe apple. This leaves the core on the fork, and to remove the same Ihave constructed a lever, P, working on a spring, h, one end of whichlever reaches directly under the apple while on the fork, and by asingle touch of the hand it throws the core off from the fork, and thespring it carries the lever back to its place again. The spout L is heldby a spring, 122, in proper position to catch the parings and cores, thespout being pivoted at its lower end and moved back and forth by thepoint of a double joint lever, It, sliding against it, said lever beingattached to the slide N. As this slide goes down the spout L is pressedout, giving room for the apple to fall into the hopper S below andthrough a spout into a vessel underneath placed thereto catch it.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the arm K with knife a, shaft G with head J andsprings b d, and the cogged segments I I, all substantially as and forthe purposes herein set forth.

2. The combination of the shaft G with bev el cog-wheel E, and fork Dwith pinion on its lower end gearing with said wheel, substantially asand for the purposes herein set forth.

3. The arrangement of the bed-frameAwith standards B B, and the platform0 through which the shaft of the fork D passes, with th fork above an'dthe gearing below said platform, for the purposes herein set forth.

4. The combination of the slide N with corer 0, guide-posts M withsprings f, jointed 1ever B, and spout L with spring m', substantially asand for the purposes herein set forth.

5. The combination of the frame A B Offer]; D, shafts G G, gearing I IE, arm K with knife to, slide N with corer O, and spout L, and the spoutS, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposesherein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this31st dayof October, 1872.

H. S. LEONARD.

Witnesses:

JONATHAN LEONARD, WILLIAM M. MILLER.

